curious. my friend crack his on his FC. and i never noticed they where plastic. why is that? and what would happen if i cnc some metal ones?

 

Plastic is only found on the cheaper S5 models, and was part of a S5 cost cutting.

 

so if i order news see if i get the higher end stock ones. ie metal. or get bored at school and make a set.

 

??? Sorry I only read English and French.

 

EDITED for ENGLISH!

 

Sure if you have access to equippment and had access to a decent metal stock to cut your own, you could do that.

I'd also look to see if anyone makes end links for the NA (first gen Miata) as it used the same lame plastic links. Maybe you could use Miata links and be fixed for a cheaper amount.

 

good call.

 

http://racingbeat.com/FRmiata.htm

racing beat sells adjustable sway bar links for the first gen miatas. so though would for me then.

 

also to be more specfic can they be used. they make ones for the FC but that are more expensive. maybe i should play it safe and get the ones engineered for this application.

 

or you could just buy the ones made for the FC

http://racingbeat.com/FRmazda2.htm

 

I thought it was weight cutting!?

 

Nothing on the S5 was done for weight cutting...

if weight was an issue why did most of thf S5 models drop the fancy german uberlicth jack???

Or the alum spares,

Or the delete the light weight carpet??? or the countless other things

S5 models didn't have weight cuts... they had cost cuts

 

oh bangerang icemark.
my tofu bows to you.

 

$63 never looked so good.

 

Those sure look like S4 ones... are you sure they are for S5 models.


S5 models have ball joints

 

http://www.mazdatrix.com/pictures/mvc265.jpg

not that much more, and beefier. i plan on getting these, w/some suspension techniques sway bars...

 

I run these front and rear on my s5 t2, they work fine with a bolt through the middle that racing beat provides. They recommend them for s4 and s5.

 

cool, thanks

 

is it a wast of a few bucks, i mean, they look stronger...

 

Maybe you missed the part where they are also adjustable, have polyurethane bushings, oh, and they are adjustable, did I mention that they are adjustable?

 

lol.

 

and not made of plastic that tends to shear after a while.

 

but would have more damage resulted if the plastic didnt give?

 

The plastic end links tend to fail after a while... it is simply an age thing They were designed to last 100k miles and in most cases they do...

Unless you race, drive autoX, or drift... then they can fail at the most inopertune time... usually when stressed from cornering and suddenly they fail... causing the whole front end or back end to come loose... of course on a mountain road it would be fine if the rear end went sliding out right??? They do it all the time in Initial D.

But if the metal link never failed...

well which one is better???

 

touche